Digital Underwriter - Financial Lines

AXA; Bolton, Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

AXA in the UK is seeking a Digital Underwriter to join the Financial Lines team. You’ll underwrite opportunities within your authority, develop and nurture strong broker relationships, and establish yourself as a trading expert.

You'll receive tailored training and support for professional qualifications, with hybrid work across Bolton and Manchester, and a training period in Bolton. If you enjoy delivering excellent service in a large insurer, this is your next step.

Qualifications

• Background of working in the Insurance market; working knowledge of Financial Lines Underwriting preferred.
• Working knowledge of Acturis preferred.
• Sound understanding of general insurance principles and practice.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Confident decision-maker with pragmatic approach and good numerical reasoning skills.
• Proven resilience in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite Financial Lines business within agreed authority limits.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers and brokers.
• Establish yourself as a trading expert.
• Assist colleagues in building strong trading relationships with intermediaries to ensure a consistent and high-quality service delivery.
• Monitoring renewing risks and helping with referrals.
• Be involved with the online distribution platforms for our Financial Lines products.

Skills

Insurance market knowledge

Financial Lines underwriting

Acturis knowledge

Customer service

Numerical reasoning

Resilience

Communication skills

Tools

Acturis

Job description

About AXA:

AXA is a global leader in insurance and financial services, dedicated to helping customers protect what matters most to them. As the sixth-largest insurance company in the world, we provide a wide range of services, including health, car, home, and business insurance. We support millions of customers worldwide, helping them navigate life's uncertainties with confidence.

AXA Commercial protects businesses, from multinationals to micro start-ups, giving them the confidence to thrive.

Job overview:

Our Financial Lines team is looking for a Digital Underwriter to join their team. If you're currently working in the Financial Lines space as a underwriter, claims handler or broker have a passion for delivering exceptional customer service, this could be the next role for you!

We'll offer you a tailored training and development plan as well as supporting professional qualifications to enable you to effectively underwrite commercial risks within your authority as well as building and nurturing strong broker relationships.If you're passionate about developing exceptional underwriting expertise with a large insurer and fostering key partnerships, this is the opportunity for you to make a real impact.

Key responsibilities:

• Underwrite Financial Lines business within agreed authority limits.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers and brokers.
• Establish yourself as a trading expert.
• Assist colleagues in building strong trading relationships with intermediaries to ensure a consistent and high-quality service delivery.
• Monitoring renewing risks and helping with referrals
• Be Involved with the online distribution platforms for our Financial Lines products.

Work arrangements

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least three days a week (60%) away from home. Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events. The role is open to our offices in Bolton and Manchester however if you're working from Manchester then initially, you'll be expected to work in Bolton for 5 days a week for a training period of around 6 weeks and from there in in, to attend the office in Bolton one day per week.

We know that some candidates may be discouraged from applying if they don't meet every requirement. If you're excited by this job and the prospect of working at AXA but you're not sure you tick every box, we'd still encourage you to apply.

Your skills & experience:

• Background of working in the Insurance market – a working knowledge of Financial Lines Underwriting is preferred.
• Working knowledge of Acturis is preferred.
• Sound understanding of general insurance principles and practice.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Confident decision-maker with pragmatic approach and good numerical reasoning skills.
• Proven ability to demonstrate resilience in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

This position has been defined as an Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) role under the IDD regime which means that in addition to pre-employment screening checks, the successful candidate will be subject to background screening every 4 years with an annual declaration in interim years.

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